Search Results: Authors starting with F from North Books: Used & Rare

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Hardcover. Early Printing. 12mo. 277pp. Bound in the original publisher cloth. Signed and inscribed by the author to Bernard Malamud: 'Happy days and many stories for Bernie Malamud. Warmly, Jim Powers.' VERY GOOD, protected in a removable mylar cover. VERY GOOD. Shows the spine lightly toned, marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

London: The Elzevier Press, 1926. Hardcover. 6 x 9in. 204pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the extremities somewhat shelf rubbed, front and back board somewhat rubbed; in all other respects remains Fine/As New. As pictured.

Washington, D.C.: Hand Papermaking Inc. | Todd Allan Printing, 2007. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 150 copies of which the present volume is No. 70. Quarto (4to). 42pp. + 15 folders containing samples of calligraphy on handmade papers. Publisher's cloth clamshell portfolio. Artists include Timothy Barrett & Thomas Ingmire; Neal Bonham & Suzanne Moore; Annie Cicale & Claudia K. Lee; Rona Conti; Nancy Culmone & Tom Leech; Tatiana Ginsberg & Shibata Reiho; Karen Gost & Mina Takahashi and many others. NEAR FINE. The front board with a small light scuff, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Suny Press, 2017. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9.25in. xiv. 133pp. Publisher's laminate boards. FINE/BRAND NEW. Flawless. As pictured.

Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1959. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.75in. xvi. 389pp. Publisher's cloth boards. The former copy of Herbert Spiegelberg, the lauded phenomenologist, with his stamp at the front endpaper and his annotations occasionally throughout. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing of the bottom edge, otherwise remains Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows slight shelf rubbing, several shallow chips from the edges, head and foot of the spine with loss, otherwise remains bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1973. Hardcover. A facsimile of the First Edition of 1843. 5.5 x 8.75in. xxiii. 315pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE. Shows only slight shelf rubbing of the extremities, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6.25 x 9.5in. 566pp. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt titling. Illustrated. VERY GOOD. Shows a short closed tear of the cloth at the head of the spine, boards lightly shelf rubbed, corners rubbed and somewhat soft, former owner name neatly on the front endpaper dated 1846, extremely light bouts of toning and foxing throughout the text-block, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text and illustrations are unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9in. x. 470pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Near Fine dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself is flawless. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing with some very small chips of the top edge, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining Fine/As New. As pictured.

Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1994. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. 79pp. Shows just a hint of shelf rubbing at the edges, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.25in. 70pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows a small section of an Oct. 1888 newspaper with the lyrics to a song about organ pumpers, first two pages with a very short closed tear of the margin, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows the spine lightly chipped and faded, a short closed tear of the front panel, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.

London: John Murray, 1841. Hardcover. First Edition. 7 x 10in. v. 542pp. 38 plates (1 in color). Bound in full calf of the period with gilt titling and armorial crest at the back board. Date of binding and initials at the front board in gilt. 5 raised bands at the spine with 6 raised compartments. Morocco title labels. Marbled endpapers. GOOD only. Shows the front and back board attached but barely, loss from the extremities, otherwise the text-block itself has been excellently maintained with text and plates exceptionally bright and unmarked. As pictured.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1982. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 215pp. FINE/AS NEW in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself shows the slightest hint of shelf rubbing at the bottom edge, otherwise is Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows an ever so slightly toned spine, otherwise is Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1957. Hardcover. Early Printing. 5.5 x 8.25in. xiii. 581pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the front endpaper lightly toned, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows shelf rubbing along the edges with some bouts of creasing and light chipping, spine lightly tanned, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1883. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition in North America of the Revised and Expanded British edition. 6.5 x 10in. xxiv. 609pp.; xi. 624pp. Bound in recent archival cloth. Leather labels with gilt titling. Profusely illustrated throughout. Both volumes are in NEAR FINe condition showing only two neat stamps on both title pages and a small single piece of tape on the verso of the frontispiece of Vol. 1, otherwise are Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Exposition Press, 1972. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Octavo. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows very minor edge wear, light foxing of the topmost fore-edge and the front paste-down, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and colorful. The dust jacket some rubbing marks, edge and corner wear with some light chipping at the topmost of the spine, otherwise is bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

Washington, D.C.: Hand Papermaking Inc. | Word Way Press, 1998. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 150 numbered copies, the first 5 of which are signed by the author and editor, this present volume being No. 4. Quarto (4to).40pp. + 18 individual folders containing samples of handmade Nepalese paper. Publisher's cloth clamshell portfolio. NEAR FINE. Shows the cloth ever so slightly shelf rubbed, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Nicholas L. Brown, 1922. Hardcover. First Edition: Limited to 325 numbered copies on Blandford Antique Laid Paper. "Large Paper Edition." This copy being No. 96. 6.5 x 9.5in. 246pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. NEAR FINE. Shows two very light handling marks at the spine, corners lightly shelf rubbed, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

London: A. Millar, 1752. Hardcover. First Edition: retains "At the Universal Registrar Office" ad and blanks; textual error in Vol. 2, p. 189 uncorrected; textual error in Vol. 3, p. 191 corrected. 3.75 x 6.35in. Vol. 1: [2] xii. 285 [1]pp. Vol. 2: [2] viii. 262 [1, "At the Universal Registrar Office] [2]pp. Vol. 3: [2] ix. 323 [1]pp. Vol. 4: [2] vii. 296 [2]pp. Bound in full speckled calf of the period. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decoration of each compartment, and morocco title labels. Marbled text-block edges and endpapers. All 4 volumes are in VERY GOOD condition showing the extremities shelf rubbed with some loss, spine gilt slightly rubbed, hinges with extremely marginal loss from opening, blanks up to the title page with suggestions of even toning, a small chip to the margin of p. 95 of Vol. 2, otherwise the bindings are strong, the text-blocks are exceptionally clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

California: Palm Springs Publishing Co, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8in. 316pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed by the author on the title page. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows the extremities somewhat shelf rubbed, fore-edge slightly dusted, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows the panels lightly rubbed, a hint of shelf rubbing along the edges, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1941. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 4.5 x 7.5in. xiv. 573pp. Publisher's vinyl boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the spine slightly toned, endpapers with a hint of toning, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text remains clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. As pictured.